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12 An empty head will gain understanding,
    when a colt of a wild jackass(A) is born human.[a]
13 If you set your heart aright
    and stretch out your hands toward him,
14 If iniquity is in your hand, remove it,
    and do not let injustice dwell in your tent,

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  1. 11:12 A colt…is born human: the Hebrew is obscure. As translated, it seems to be a proverb referring to an impossible event.

12 But the witless can no more become wise
    than a wild donkey’s colt(A) can be born human.[a](B)

13 “Yet if you devote your heart(C) to him
    and stretch out your hands(D) to him,(E)
14 if you put away(F) the sin that is in your hand
    and allow no evil(G) to dwell in your tent,(H)

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  1. Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame